I’m a self declared coffee addict. I’ll take a hot cup of joe any way I can get it. Usually, it’s just a little vanilla creamer, but sometimes it’s nice to mix it up. Sure, you could just stir some plain sugar or flavored creamer into your coffee, but that wouldn’t be as much fun as creating and adding a few Peppermint Sugar Cubes would it?
These tasty sugar cubes make your coffee less habit and more ritual, they can also be added to hot tea or hot cocoa to sweeten and brighten up their flavor as well. I’m quite fond of peppermint and have been adding these delicious peppermint sugar cubes to almost all my hot beverages these days!
Peppermint Sugar Cubes Ingredients:
½ cup sugar
8-10 peppermints
Peppermint extract-optional
Water, spray bottle
A silicone mold
Peppermint Sugar Cubes Directions:
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Unwrap and place peppermints into a small food processor (you could also use a clean coffee grinder) and chop until they are ground up, you can leave them rough or until they are a fine powder, this is totally up to you. You want the hard mints not the soft ones.
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Stir chopped peppermint into your granulated sugar, if you want a very strong peppermint flavor you can also add some peppermint extract, I do ¼ tsp. For these amounts.
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Now you want to slowly add water, you can drop it by the teaspoon full or spray it with a water bottle, which is my preferred method. Stir and add, stir and add water until your mixture is just slightly dampened, too much and it’s just flavored sugar water. If you squeeze a bit in your hand it should clump together.
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Scoop and press the mixture into a silicone mold, be sure to fill in all the corners and then press firmly into place with the back of your spoon. I make each of mine about 2-3 teaspoons, even though that means that my mold may not be completely full, this gives a good idea of how much you are adding to your drink.
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Let your peppermint sugar cubes dry overnight and then remove them carefully from the mold.
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Place them in a pretty airtight jar on your coffee bar, they will last for months and months.
This is right up my alley! Can’t wait to see your other peppermint posts!
My grandmother will love this. I will have to surprise her by taking over a batch. She already adds peppermint oil to her daily coffee as well as sugar.
Oh my goodness, I love this idea! I’ve never ever seen these before. So festive and fun. Thanks so much for sharing at Thursday Favorite Things.
Such an interesting idea! My daughter would love these I think – thanks for the recipe inspiration xx Maria
they look so cute 🙂
thanks for sharing with Fiesta Friday, hope you are enjoying other recipes too and having fun!
These are very special sugar cubes and I can’t wait to make them! Hope you are enjoying your week and thanks so much for sharing with us at Full Plate Thursday!
Miz Helen
Delicious and so festive. Thanks for sharing at FF.
This is such a great idea! I love the look and sound of these peppermint sugar cubes! 🙂
I love peppermint too and I love the idea of getting these made . Greta for gifts . Thanks for posting at Funtastic Friday.
This is such a super cute idea.
Absolutely LOVE these! Thanks for sharing with us at the To Grandma’s house we go link party, see you next week!
Such a great idea! This will be one of my features this Saturday at the Snickerdoodle link party!
Cool idea, Jennifer! I should’ve known it was you. I moseyed over from The Sits Girls. I’ll be pinning this one to my Christmas food board!
I’ve never thought about making flavored sugar cubes before, but these sound yummy! Thanks for sharing at Merry Monday. I’m going to include your peppermint sugar cubes in my Party Features next week. We’d love to have you link up at the party again!
Oh I love this! I have not tried peppermint in my coffee, but it sounds delicious! I recently made the switch from flavored creamers to half and half and honey in my coffee. It is so rich and delightful. But I am really liking this peppermint sugar cube idea! Thanks for sharing.
Shelbee
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I’m so far behind, but I wanted to make sure I stopped by and thanked you for sharing at the What’s for Dinner party. Hope to see you again this week!
These look great. Perfect for Christmas 🙂
Thank so much for joining us at The Christmas Link Up. Have a wonderful holiday and see you next year 🙂
This is such a great idea! We love peppermint and these would be so much fun to drop into our hot chocolate.
This sounds amazing and would be perfect for my evening cup of tea